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Motor City Muscle: The High-Powered History of the American Musclecar

This is the high-performance tale of what was undoubtedly the fastest, loosest era in automotive Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, America’s carmakers fought an unbridled war for street The warriors ranged from light and agile Z/28 Camaros and Boss 302 Mustangs to big-block brutes like the 440 Road Runner and Stage I 455 Buick A few of these boulevard brawlers were closing on 500 horsepower before the insurance lobby, Ralph Nader, OPEC, and various governmental agencies conspired to stop the cars all but disappeared by 1974, with only a few anemic models soldiering through the But by the 1990s, thanks to vastly improved engine technology, muscle cars were back with a Motor City Muscle traces the full history right up to today’s new Mustang, Camaro, and